Leaving Saturday morning, Sep 10th, works for more people that leaving Friday night, soooo, that’s what we’ll do. We’re getting a good list going with both boys and parents. IF you are interested in a little backpacking up to an alpine lake and can go up with us, let me know by Sunday.

A little more info. (See orig email for more). More info and packing list to follow…..

NEW – MEET AT LINCOLN PARK AND RIDE AT 6:00 FOR A 6:15 SHARP DEPARTURE. Breakfast at MacD’s is optional. Healthy Breakfast is recommend.
It’s about a 2 1/2 hours drive up to the head trail of Upper Cataract Lake. Silverthorne exit, down Hwy 9. Next exit to the trail head is by Green Mountain Reservoir.

About a 6 mile hike, 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours depending on if we stop at Surprise Lake and have lunch. It’s not going to be a race

Like getting ready for the 14er hike, start during water and eating bananas now.

Be at the next Troop meeting 1/2 hour early. Boys in PLC, we’ll need to work something out..

Want to know more of what Upper Cataract Lake looks like? Check out these new pictures I found:

Join us on Troop 88’s backpacking trip to Upper Cataract Lake in the Eagle Nest Wilderness Area! The trailhead is about 22 miles from exit 205 off I-70, north of Silverthorne. We will do about a six mile back country hike with a stop halfway up for lunch at Surprise Lake. We’ll depart PEPC at 5:30PM Sharp on Friday, Sep 9th and car camp at the Lower Cataract Lake campground for the night. We’ll stop along the way for dinner. After a nice breakfast, we’ll backpack up the lake for a day of fishing and exploring. We’ll head back down Sunday, Sep 11th mid-morning. After ditching our backpacks, and if we have the energy, we’ll hike around Lower Cataract Lake and see the Cataract Falls.

If you’re interested, plz reply to ten.tsacmocnull@reicnomrj by this Sunday. (IF YOU SIGNED UP LAST MEETING, PLZ RE-SIGN UP as I want to know if you are still interested). Moms and/or dads are welcome and needed. The amount of boys we can take WILL depend on the number of seats we have and the number of VOLENTEER PARENTS we have. First come, first serve, with the boys signing up last meeting at the top of the list. I’m hoping to see some of the older boys and some Venturing Crew attend and share their outdoor skills. Right up their alley!

We will meet little before at our next Troop meeting at 6:00 on Sept 6th. It will be a quick meeting with a lot of info, so don’t be late! Also bring your Medical Form. We will go over packing and break our group into “buddy” patrols. I will send out a packing list in the next few days along with directions and a map for the boys to print out.

Cost: $5.00 Use Fee, (but I’ll not sure if that’s per car or per person, or per day, I’ll let you know), Dinner on the way up. Breakfast that we’ll cook together Sat morning. Scouts will pair up for Sat dinner and Sun breakfast. Each scout will pack a lunch for the hike up on Sat and back down on Sun. Snacks and gas money for the drivers.

Type: Family Camp, family members can come along
When: August 26-28thWhere: Cotopaxi Colorado
Arkansas River Tours
719-942-4362
Leader: Mike Buchart – moc.loanull@trahcubekim 303-506-3372 Cell
720-851-1419 Home
Trip: Saturday (8-27-11) Morning Trip Down Big Horn Sheep Canyon ½ Day. Have to arrive at facility @ 8am.
Cost: $37.91 12 years old and under, $47.63 13 and older
Camp: 12 miles up CR 12 above Cotopaxi – camping at a friend’s place
Notes: Leave PEPC @ 5:30 sharp (and yes I mean sharp) bring money for dinner on the road.
We will be stopping in Canyon City @ McDonalds. Idea is to caravan up there, so please. Lets try to stay together so no one gets lost. Since this is a family camp
all boys traveling with their family will eat with them. Boys that are not going with family should form temporary patrols and purchase their own patrol food.
Please remember to bring sumscreen, hats, reefwalkers/Teva’s, swimming trunks, towels, and bottled water.
Open Fires – there may be a fire ban in place so no open fires – bring Coleman Stoves and lanterns.
If you want to go fishing after the trip remember fishing licenses, there is some great fishing on the river.

Each family member must sign a liability release (attached). Please have these filled out prior to getting to the Rafting shop.
Questions, call Mike Buchart

Description: Mark your calendars, Sat. & Sun. Aug 20/21, the Venture Crew will be hosting a Whitewater Merit Badge/Kayaking Award weekend. Saturday @ Chatfield gravel ponds, and Sunday @ Union St. boat chutes on the Platte river. Scouts must be blue swimmers. Bring a lunch. 8:00am-3 ish depending on weather. There will be a signup list at the next troop meeting. You may start the merit badge on Sat. and make-up Sunday at a later date, but cannot show up Sun. w/o attending Sat.

Camping:
We will be camping 2 nights so please bring your normal overnight gear
which includes but is not limited to: tent, sleeping bag, toiletry
items and bug spray, etc. If you do not wish to camp both nights you
are still welcome to come hike with us on Saturday, however, you will
need to make your own ride arrangements.

There is an opportunity for the boys to earn the coin collecting merit badge. There are two portions and you need to attend both in order to earn the entire merit badge.

1) 5:00-6:00pm Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at PEPC. A representative from the Denver Mint will come to PEPC to give a presentation and work on the merit badge.

2) 10:30 am Wednesday, July 13th for a tour of the Denver Mint. We have a maximum of 40 spots for the tour so I would like to restrict this to scouts and chaperones only. Don’t be late, the tour starts promptly. There is no drop off in front of the mint and parking can be problematic so give yourself plenty of time. There is a gift shop. Please let me know if you can drive. Wear your class A uniform. RSVP to me if you would like to attend.